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Re: PAE



On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 08:44:44PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> PAE may be a necessary condition for NX, but it is not a sufficient condition.
> I am presently using three 32-bit computers: one is a Pentium M (2G), one is
> a Pentium 4 (2G), and one is a Xeon (4G).  All three are PAE-capable, and all
> three are presently running PAE Linux kernels.  And all three display the
> following message during boot, according to "dmesg|less":
> 
>    Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU!
> 
> So, for my hardware, that argument doesn't seem to hold up.  Am I missing
> something?

No, you are right. I even run such a machine myself!

Regards,
Mirko


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